Category : News Talk

Black California lawmakers introducing package of reparations bills

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Members of California’s Legislative Black Caucus on Wednesday will detail a package of 14 reparations bills they are introducing to right historic wrongs carried out against the Black community. The bills are meant to...

Empowering Black Fathers: A New Initiative Tackles Mental Health a…

Imagine the transformative power of a conversation. Now, consider the impact of those conversations when they tackle some of the most profound issues facing our society: mental health and racism. This is the vision behind a groundbreaking initiativ...

A new program aims to help Philadelphia’s Black fathers talk to their teens about mental health and racism.

Joel Austin spends his days talking to Black fathers about how to become the parents they aspire to be at Daddy University Inc., a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that he founded two decades ago. In recent years, Austin has noticed that Black fathers...

Area Couple Shares Love For Each Other, Family, Community

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Black love is beautiful, it’s multidimensional and it can be quite revolutionary. Celebration of Black love shouldn’t be relegated to just Valentine’s Day or Black History Month, it’s a 365-day...

Sac State Looks To Brighter Future As University Unveils Details Of New Black Honors College

By Kaya Do-Khahn | Special to The OBSERVER The seminar room of Sacramento State’s new Black Honors College was packed shoulder to shoulder Feb. 19, with people eager to hear details about the nation’s first school specifically designed to serve a...

NFL Turns to Africa to Build a Market Beyond the U. S.

By Trice Edney Wire (GIN/TriceEdneyWire.com) – By the time you read this, the Super Bowl will be over and done. As will the Africa Cup of Nations 2023. What you may not have heard is how the league swapped the greenery of American football...

Oldest schoolhouse for Black children in US moved to museum

By Ben Finley | The Associated Press The Bray School is aligned with a set foundation at its new location in Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Va. on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 after it was moved from the William & Mary campus. It is believed...

Prop 1: A Mix of Skepticism and Hope Is Shaping Opinions About Calif’s Upcoming Mental Health Ballot Proposal

By Edward Henderson | California Black Media San Francisco resident Anthony Hardnett receives a certificate with a smile, showcasing his achievement upon successful completion of his program. (Photo courtesy) (CBM) – San Francisco reside...

Voices for Change in Black Maternal Health

After learning about alarmingly high mortality rates of Black women before, during and after pregnancy, two Seattle University undergraduate nursing students decided they needed to do something. Working with the then CEO of Byrd Barr Place, a nonprof...

9 Facts About the Racial Wealth Gap

By Bria Overs | Word In Black (WIB) – Five hundred years. That’s how long experts say it would take for Black people to reach economic parity with white people and close the racial wealth gap, given current trajectories. That’s 100 years...

Black Business Expo returns for third year

By Benjamin Shinault For the third consecutive year, the Black Student Union hosted a Black Business Expo to help promote locally-owned Black businesses. On Feb. 20, Rider welcomed students and potential customers to take a stroll through the expo t...

Black heart health: What’s being done?

Stopping to catch your breath after running a 5K, playing a wind instrument, the rapid acceleration of your heartbeat when you enter a job interview. Our hearts work hard every day to keep us alive and power our daily lives, but we usually don’t thi...